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■ ALING. Devices That the Nexf War Will -Bring Into Use. In all European armies now great attention is being paid to the signal corps, and each nation every now and then vaunts itself over the others with the announcement of the discovery of some new method of signaling,, says the New York Press. The really reliable systems pf mili tary sigualing-.are few, and none of them is exactly new. In our own army the heliograph and the “wig wag” system of flag signals are most relied upon. The captive balloon at Santiago was only a qualified success, but it has not diminished the ardor with which European powers are peeking to solve the balloon problem. 'The bravery and the efficient work of the signal service men in the war with Spain received high praise from all the foreign attaches and from our own Government, but Europe seems loath to take up our system of signal’’ %. With every nation on the Continent of Europe military signaling is a military hobby, and each rides its own especial bobby hard, and spends great amounts of money on it. All over Europe experiments are going on constantly in military signal ing. Every bright young officer and every crank regards the signal corps as the body which shall make his fame and fortune by utilizing his invention. And it would seem as if every King and Emperor and every field marshal lay awake nights to think up some new invention for that branch of the service. No matter what branch of the ser vice has to go short on funds in a Eu ropean army, the signal corpß gets what money it wants. That the sig nal service of an army is of the first importance is not to be denied, and our own corps will compare in ef ficiency with jny in the world. Hut in Europe the corps is a fad. WiiIWAGOERS OK THE FRENCH PIONEERS. The German Emperor is credited with having said the other day: “So important will he the jiart played by military telegraphy in the war of the fnturo that the army having tbo moat efficient system of signaling will hold a trump card which may ho of most decisive influence on the conduct and auccess of the war.” Another German authority says: ‘‘Electrictelegraphy, with and with out wires, is a main branch of the service, and not only with the •pioneers,’ hut with every troop, iu fautry, cavalry, artillery and railroad ers. The German army, adhering to its principle of meeting the enemy on the latter's own territory, must needs possess greater alacrity in and better iaeilities for building electric tele graph lines than ilia French and Rus sians, the Austrians and Italians, who might he eager enough to keep war out of their own territory, but who sre behind Germany in the rapidity of mobilization.” Neither the German nor the other European armies rely exclusively upon the electrical telegraph, which may fail for various reasons, the principal one being that the ordinary com mercial lines, as well as the field lines established in their stead or for the THE UPPER PICTURE REPRESENTS FLAG SIGNALING BY AUSTRIAN MOUNT AIN ARTILLERY. THE LOWER PICTURE REPRESENTS THE BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA USING THE HELIOGRAPH. purpose of supplementing them, may be flwtroyed by the enemy or the ele- (®nts, thus robbing the commanding general of the means for com municating with his subordinate com manders. Tbe Germans, like other nations, rely largely upon optical methods of signaling. The favorite device ofthis kind in the German army is the sema phore, which is made more efficient by Kedi’s system of cones. The sema phore proper is quite an ancient de vice. It was first introduced by the French in 1794 for conveying in telligence from Paris to the armies on the frontier. As the illustration shows, the German army semaphore is LIME LIGHT SIGNALS IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY. similar to our railway signal poles and is worked by arms. There is also a telescope in the top which commands the must at the next station. The mast can bo inserted at any place. As to the cone, each one represents a number, 1,2, 3or 4. If 1 and 4 are down, that means 5, and similar ad ditions are made with the other figures. Signals can also be given without the cone by moving the arms horizontally against the body, r by placing them in any other position agreed upon. At night lantern slides of various colors are placed in the ends of the cones. Personally the Kaiser has more faith in the captivo balloon than in any other optical means for telegraph ing. The German captive balloon is furnished with means for photograph ing, and the parties in the car com municate with those on the ground by means of the telegraph or tele phone. For telegraphing an instru ment similar to the Morse apparatus, arranged in compact form, is usod. The system is practically that used in this country. S For the signal corps of the Germnn army the brightest men of each bat talion and regiment are selected. They are thoroughly drilled in all the man oeuvres connected with the transpor tation, the erection and operating of the apparatuses. Each German signal station is manned by five privates, a non-commissioned officer aud a lieu tenant. In the English army a similar num ber of signal men are employed with each company, squadron of cavalry and battery. The French employ eight instead of five men; the Russians think four meu of each company sufficient for the service. The French army employs as opti cal telegraph flags and lanterns. The flags are worked according to the naval code and Morse alphabet. French sigualers are said to be able to execute 120 movements per miuiite. To sig nal the dot of the Morse alphabet the Frenoh hold up one flag. Two flags represent the dash of the Morse al phabet. After each letter there is a short pause, after each word a longer pause, the latter being accentuated by the is finished the signal man repeats the last word three times. If the receiver doesn’t understand the operator he raises a flag with his right hand to his head. Of course, flag signals can only be used in daytime. At night the lantern is employed when search and flash lights are not available. Signal lanterns are bandied after the fashion of the flags, dots being marked by opening and shutting the slide respectively. A dash is marked by exposing the flame four times longer than in case of a dot. Thus dispatches cf twenty words can be for warded in a minute. The Austrians follow the French method of signaling in all but the size aifll form of flags. To the standard colors of black, white, red, blue and yellow they add green. Green plays also a part in the Italian flag signals. The English largely employ the heliograph. By means of the helio graph trained signal men can commu nicate with each other at a distance of fifty miles, whether they have a tele scope or not. General Roberts once sent 1200 telegrams by heliograph in a single day. That was in Egypt, where the sun is very strong. The English mode of signaling by flags differs from the French in minor details, which are kept secret. But this secrecy doesn’t amount to much, considering that the Britishers, like other nations, use the Morse alphabet. The Russians have adopted the French lantern system for distances from one to two miles. These lanterns are constructed on the lines of bicycle lamps, having a bulls-eye lens, and being fed by oil. On long distances the Russians use lime light appara tuses constructed as follows: There SEMAPHORE APPARATUS IN USE IN THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. are two tanks filled with oxygen and hydrogen respectively. The hydrogen is lit and, the oxygen gas mingling with it, produces a colorless flame. A lime block placed in the flame is ren dered incandescent and its light, re flected from a mirror, is sent forward. The mirror is a powerful parabolic, resembling in shape the end of an egg. The concave portion is the re flector. This apparatus is so con trived that the beam light can bo sent in all directions. The telegraphing is effected in the same way as the tele graphing with lanterns by the French. All the apparatuses described are, if possible, set up ou natural or arti ficial elevations. The sigual officers must also be careful to find a suitable background for their operations, so that the signals from the other side can be readily interpreted. There is, however, one great drawback to all these systems. As all armies use as a basis for their systems the Morse alphabet, friend and enemy alike are capable of reading the messages sent out. Moose and Caribou Cemeteries. The Forest and Stream contains the following contribution from a Quebec correspondent concerning the habit moose and caribou have of going to the same place, season after season, to shed their antlers: “The idea of the animals seeking a definite place for this purpose was quite new to me, but lately the effi cient Superintendent of Game and Fisheries at Quebec, L. Z. Joncas, Esq., has told me that they do fre quent such places, and that this habit was quite well known to him. He knew of mauy and mentioned several places where horns could almost cer tainly be found at any time. And not only do they go to shed their horns, but they go there to die. These places are known as cemeteries, and whole skeletons are occasionally found. This, however, would be rare, as the bones would usually be torn spart and scattered by bears and other carnivora'. “Mr. Joncas instanced the case of a gentleman going to a certain region for geological exploration, who asked for a permit to shoot a moose out of season in order to get a good pair of antlers. He was told that by diverg ing a little from his route he might reach a place where he would find plenty of them. He did so and sh eared five excellent specimens.” Happenings In the esting Import, Fair Committee iVfee-ts. An enthusiastic meeting of the ex ! ecntive committee of the state fair was ! held in Atlanta a day or two ago, pre j sided over by President J. Pope I Brown of the State Agricultural So | ciety. The meeting was an important one i in that the different members of the j committee were made thoroughly ae ; quainted with the vast amount of work i which lias been accomplished by the j local committee, which has in charge i the Atlanta end of the fair. The re -1 suit will be that the non-residents will go to their homes the possessors of a i valuable fund of information which | they will use to advantage in working up interest in their several localities. President Brown called the meeting for the express purpose of presenting a plan for further advertising the fair. The feature of the meeting was a par tial adoption of this plan, which con sists in sending four canvassers to dif ferent sections of the state to person ally talk with the farmers and impress upon them the importance of making exhibits. The original intention was to send a much larger number of can vassers, but owing to the fact that the transportation furnished by the rail roads is limited, the plan was found impractical. President Brown called the meeting to order with a few remarks. He ex pressed gratification at the success with which the fair was meeting and touched at length on the great good he felt sure would result to the agricul tural industries of the state through the medium of a popular exchange of | ideas among the farmers who will visit ! Atlanta next fall. “There is one point, however, that I want to stress,” said President Brown, “and that is the necessity of arousing enthusiasm among the farm ers. This is absolutely necessary if we would make the fair a success. In certain districts where I have talked with farmers I have found them lack ing in interest without any apparent cause except, possibly, the fact that they have suffered from hard times during the past two years. Now, it is to prevent this state of affairs—‘hard times’ among the farmers—that the fair will be held. In many of the sparsely settled districts they have heard little of the fair. We want to reach this class and stir up enthusi asm-impress upon them the impor tance of coming to Atlanta and ex changing ideas with other farmers, and receiving the benefits of the prac tical object lessons to be gained in witnessing the different methods in vogue in other sections.” ,* * * A Queer Strike. The Central railroad had one of the queerest strikes on record on its hands at Savannah the past week. About 300 negroes went out on strike, refus ing to work because they are not paid off on Saturdays. The company pays them on the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th of the month, instead of on Saturdays. Between the 25th and the 4th of the next month there are usually two or three days additional, and the negroes do not like to wait that time for their money. They also demand it on Sat urday, so that they can have the pleas ure of spending it on Saturday night. Because the eompnny would not ac cede to this demand they quit work. The road’s officials say it would dis arrange the whole system of accounts to change the time of paying them,and they refused to do it. * * * Disagree Over Assessment. The assessment of the property of the Chattahoochee Southern railroad is a matter concerning which Hon. W. A. Wright, comptroller general, and the president of the road disagree. Consequently, under the state law ar bitrators have been appointed to ad just the difference and fix the valua tion upon which the road is to pay state and county taxes. The comp troller general has appointed Hon. L. N. Trammell, chairman of the railroad commission, to represeni the state,and the road has name A. C. King, of At lanta. * * * A Railroad For Dahloaega. Dahlonega may soon get a railroad connection with the outside world. This time the movement seems to have in it more than previous plans have had. The names sigued to the application for charter indicates business. Dahlonega is twenty-five miles from the nearest railroad and is a pictur esque town in the heart of a rich gold mining country. The distance from a railroad has always handicapped Lumpkin county. It was difficult and expensive to take mining machinery over the mountains, but nevertheless a great deal of it has been packed in during the last fifty years. A few months ago some Ohio peo ple organized a mining company and bought the Wahl gold properties. They capitalized their company at $5,000,000. An order has been placed for 125 stamps and a chlorination plant with capacity to handle the ore from 250 stamps. The officers of the new mining com pany are among the incorporators; others are Colonel Price, Captain Frank Hall and Solicitor General Charters. * * * Bryan To Speak In Atlanta. Hon. William Jennings Bryan will be in Atlanta July 4th and will deliver an address at a banquet to be tendered him by the Young Men’s Democratic To Meet In Atlanta. A meeting of the board of trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary is called to convene in At lanta on the 29th of this month. Dr. J. P. Green, president of the William Jewell college of Liberty, Mo., ■who was called in May to fill the presi dent's chair occupied by Dr. W. H. Whitsett, in the Southern Baptist seminary, declined the invitation re cently, and the object of the meeting is to discuss means for supplying this vacancy. This is one of the most interesting subjects now before the Southern Bap tist church, and the meeting will be attended by some of the most promi nent Baptists of the south, and will attract wide-spread attention. * * * Post Office Salaries Readjusted. In the annual readjustment of sala ries of presidential postmasters just announced from Washington, no change is made in the compensation of the postmaster at Atlanta. Increase and decrease in other cities of Geor gia are as follows: The increases are: Augusta, s3*loo —3,200; Cedartown, 81,300 —$1,400; Macon, $3,100 —$3,200; Waycross, SI,BOO-82,100; Albany, $2,100—52,- 300; Bainbridge, $1,500 —$1,600; Fort Valley, $1,300 —$1,400; Marietta, $2,000 —2,500; Athens,s2,4oo—B2,soo; Barnesville. $1,500 —$1,600; Griffin, $1,800—$1,900; Valdosta, SI,BOO-81,- 900. The decreases are: Cuthbert, $1,500 —51,400; Forsyth, $1,300—51,200; Eastman, $1,300—81,200; Tallapoosa, $1,400—81,300; Eatonton, $1,200 $l,lOO. I>r. Brunner Accepts. Dr. W. F. Brunner, at present United States marine hospital surgeon in charge at Havana, will become Sa vannah’s health officer. Dr. Brunner lias signified his intention to Mayor Myers of accepting the position at the salary stated, $3,600, and under the terms named; that is, that the position shall not be subject to the caprices of politicians. * * * Fine Gold Specimens. The owner of the Loud gold mine in White county, one of the richest and most productive mines in the state, has presented the state geological de partment with a number of fine speci mens recently taken from his property. Within the past few weeks several large finds have been made at the Loud miue; at one place a bulk of free gold being taken out weighing eight pounds and shortly after in the same ledge of rock a bulk of gold crystals were discovered which weigh ed altogether a little over six pounds. To those who are of the opinion that there is no gold deposited in Georgia, specimens of the recent finds in the Loud mine now on exhibition at the state capitol will serve to convince otherwise. Professor Yeatesis enthusiastic over the result of the investigations in White county, being present a few days ago with the owner of the prop erty when a nugget of unusual size was fonnd near the mouth of the mine. He is more confident than ever of the value of Georgia as a gold state and has been particulary impressed with the unexpected .development of the White county property. New Pest Discovered. Farmers in the vicinity of Sparta are greatly alarmed over the ravages of anew pest, which comes in the shape of a brown worm and which is playing havoc with the corn crop. These worms are supposed to be the larvae of anew kind of grasshopper which came from the west and which is doing a terrible amount of damage to cotton as well as corn. !! i: ARE HE A1) i TO EATER YOUR A ’AMR ON Oil: SUBSCRLRTIOR ROOTS. YOU MILL NOT MISS THE SMALL SUM MECESSAR 3 TO BECOME OCR C CSTOMER. ATLANTA MARKETS CORRECTED WEEKLY. —26 Groceries. Roasted coffee, Arbuckle and Levering $11.30. Lion SIO.BO, Jess 50c per 100 lb cases. Green coffee choice 1 lc; fair 9c; prime Sugar standard granulated. New York 5.80. New Orleans 5.80. New Orleans white do yellows%c. Syrup, New Orleans open kettle 25@40c. mixed 12J*,'®20c: sugar house 28®35e. Teas, black 50® 65c; green 50® 05 c. Rice, head 7}4c; choice 6f@7c; Sait, dai ry sacks $1.25; do bbls. bulk $2.00; 100 3s $2.75; ice cream $1.25; common 65®70c. Cheese, full cream Matches, 65s 45c; 200s $1.50®1.75; 300s $2.75. Soda, boxes 6c. Crackers, soda 5@6J$C; cream 6c;gingersnaps 6e. Candy, common stick 6c; fancy 12®>13e. Oysters, F. W. $1.85® $1.75; L. W. sl.lO. Flour, Grain and Meal. Flour, all wheat first patent. $5.00; second patent, $4.40. straight, $3.95: extra fancy $3.90; fancy., $3.70: extra family, $2.85. Corn, whitei 54c: mixed, 52c. Oats, white 45c; mixed 40c-. Texas rustproof 45c. Rye, Georgia 85e. Hay No. 1 timothy large bales 90c: small hales 85c: No, 2 timothy small bales 80c. Meal, plain 52c; bolted 45e. Wheat bran. large sacks 82c ; smnll sacks 82c. Shorts 95c. Stock meal: Sse. Cotton seed meal !!0e per 100 lt>s: hulls s6.ooperton. Peas stock $1.25 per bush el; white crowders $1.60@51.75: common white $1.25® 1.40: Lady $1.25®1.50. Grits $2.95 per bbl; $1.40 per bag. Country Produce. Eggs 10W®llc. Butter, Fancy Georgia, 15® 17}<fc;choice 10®12Vo'c; fancy Tennessee choice Live poul try, chickens, hens 27’~6®80e: spring chick ens, large 20'a2^2}{l•: small 12J£®14c; Ducks, puddle, 18® 20c; Peking 25® Irish ■ potatoes. 70®80 ner bushel. Sweet potatoes, 65@90c per bu. Honey, strained 6®7c: in the comb 9®loc: Onions, $1.50® SL7S per bu.: $3.25®3.50 per bbl. Cabbage, lb. Beeswax 20®22, Dried fruit, apples 7®Bc; peaches 12)^®14c. Provisions. Clear ribs boxed sides clear sides s\'c; ice-cured bellies BJ£e. Sugar-cured hams California breakfast bacon 10® 12 ; Lard, best quality 6%e; sec ond quality compound sc. Cotton. Market closed quiet; middling 5%. HEADED FORCES Another Big Battle Takes Place In the Philippines. AGUINALDO LEADS THE ATTACK Force of Insurgents Said to Have Numbered Five Thousand. Slaughter Was Great. A special from Manila says: After cutting the railroad and telegraph at Apalit, several miles south, for the purpose of severing connection, the rebels attacked General MacArthur’s lines at San Fernando at 4:30 o’clock Friday morning. They met with an unexpectedly warm reception,and were repulsed with a loss of seventy-five men, thirty prisoners and many wounded. The rebels’ force is estimated to have been 5,000 men. They advanced stealthily from the jungle north of the city and then divided, with the evi dent purpose of surrounding the Amer icans. The outposts of the lowa regiment discovered the enemy and retired to, their lines, where the entire division awaited in an intrenched positiou. The lowa regiment and the Kansas regiment received the first shock of the attack. Reserving their fire until the enemy was within 600 yards, the first volley of the Americans hit the rebels, who returned the fire wildly, the rent of their line failing to ad vance. The Americans, who thorough ly enjoyed the novelty of the situation, nwaitiDg the attack, sallied forth and the insurgents thereupon turned and fled into the jungle. Our loss was fourteen men wounded, and the ma jority of them are only slightly hurt. General Funstan’s brigade of Kan sans and Montanans; General Hale’s brigade, the Seventeenth regiment and the lowa regiment constituted the force engaged. Aguinaldo is reported to have per sonally conducted the attack and prep arations were made for several days to bring forward troops from Candahaba, and others from Dagupan were trans ported by rail. Along the front of the Kansas regi ment thirty-nine dead were counted. The first news of the Filipino advances was reported by a telegraph operator, who was sent to the bridge at Apalit to ascertain the* cause of a break ft one of the wires. He was compelled to beat a hasty retreat under fire. A Spanish officer who has been a prisoner in the hands of the rebels, and who was released by Aguinaldo, has come through our lines to Manila. He claims to have been a witness of the assassination of General Luna. According to his story, the rela tions between the two Filipino leaders had been strained to the breaking point because of Luna's atteufpts to assume control of affairs, and the final rupture was forced by Aguinaldo issu ing secret orders to the provincial governments. . Otis Sends News of the Assault. The following cablegram was re ceived at Washington Friday afternoon from General Otis: Manila, June lfi. —Aujutant Gen l eral, Washington: Northern insur gents concentrated large force near San Fernando and early this morning attacked MacArthur’s troops; enemy quickly repulsed and driven, leaving over fifty dead on field and large num ber wounded; enemy in retreat. 1 Our casualties fourteen wounded, mostly very slight. Preparation for this at tack in progress several days, believed to be under personal direction of Agui naldo. Two Million People In Chicago. Chicago’s population, according to Chief of Police Kipley, has finally passed the two million mark and is now 2,088,042. The figures are a re sult of the census taken by the police force. OL1) FURNACES TO RESUME. Southern Mining:and Manufacturing Com pany to Start Up New Purchase. The Southern Mining and taring company, of Georgia, is, mg preparations openingJ^^sva, and coal proper! Mfi tli iff tkey\ ' |l|g||l * ‘ ■" 1 1: i ’ nimmm ft, : I®:' years. The company is als put the old Chattanoi blast. This propertj bought a few days agl for a number of yeal completely overhauled! to date. I with or T opl VTlxoitop's Troop? Kntß of Per>2 sjo? ■ A Manila spec’ .•oniji.an.levl '-y 1 -S| tt-ri-1 IVre.’ tin? )LH oppiti--n l.>: r-i ■~<es